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June 09, 2005
Day 11: Antalya
Today is a “free” day, so Jess and I took the opportunity to sleep in a finish our books. We had lunch at a kebab place, after fighting our way through hoards of shopkeepers, all who assaulted us with friendly questions designed to make it too uncomfortable to pass by without buying something. Jess and I quickly got over our civility, ignoring the thrice-repeated “where are you from?” and practically screaming no! in response to “just a moment, please” and “do you have a minute?”
I am overwhelmed with the cheap goods stacked everywhere. The number of tourists here (particularly the Germans) is astounding—as evidenced by the price tags all in Euros. Jess is too sick and grumpy to be interested in any of the town’s attractions, and I’m too irritated by the sellers, so we’ve decided to spend the afternoon at the hotel.
I’ve been thinking a lot about going back to Maryland. It’s finally hitting me that I don’t have my condo to go back to—that I’ll be in my parents’ guest room for the foreseeable future. While I’ll be glad to be back in Bethesda, knowing that my independence has vanished and my privacy has been reduced to a small room with an oversized bed is depressing. And even that is not really the situation, since I’ll really be sharing Janie’s room for a couple weeks while Joana stays in the guest room.
I wish I still had my own place to come back to.
